billh@hplsla.HP.COM (Bill Harris) (03/24/89)
(I am posting this here, because some have suggested that misc.kids, where the original posting was made, is not available to a broad enough set of people.) The school district where we live (and have children attending) is re-evaluating the middle school (6th, 7th and 8th grade) curriculum. (For any non-USA readers, these are approximately 11 - 13 year olds.) I am curious what students in these grades are being taught in schools in other places. If you have a child in one of these grades, I would appreciate it if you would fill out the form below and mail it to me. I will summarize and post the results. While I am sure we can get into a long discussion of the merits of emphasizing various topics at these grade levels, right now the specific, objective information would be of the most use to me. Thanks, Bill Harris billh%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com ---------------------------------cut here---------------------------------- Please list the number of hours your child spends in each of the following subjects. As various school districts have periods of various lengths, please compensate for the length of the average time spent per day (i.e., a 45 minute period daily for a 36 week school year would equal 135 hours per year). Mark a '*' in the "Electives" column, if that was an optional course. City/State/Country: School District Name: Magnet School?: (Yes/No) Location: (City/Suburbs/Small Town/Rural) Grade (or student age at end of school year): Course: Hours per Year Elective? Comments ---------------------- -------------- --------- ------------------- Language Arts/Reading/ Spelling: Mathematics: Science: Foreign Language: Physical Education: Health: Music/Band/Chorus: Arts: Geography/History/ Social Studies Other: Comments: